Original Old Norse: | Auden & Taylor: | Bellows: | Bray: |
Þat kann ek it fjórtánda ef ek skal fyrða liði telja tíva fyrir ása ok álfa ek kann allra skil fár kann ósnotr svá |
I know a fourteenth, that few know: If I tell a troop of warriors About the high ones, elves and gods, I can name them one by one. (Few can the nit-wit name.) |
A fourteenth I know, | if fain I would name To men the mighty gods; All know I well | of the gods and elves, Few be the fools know this. |
158. A fourteenth I know: if I needs must number the Powers to the people of men, I know all the nature of gods and of elves which none can know untaught. |
Chisholm: | Hollander: | Terry: | Thorpe: |
I know a fourteenth: If I talk of the gods before the folk, I can speak of Ases and elves. Few of the unlearned know these things. |
That fourteenth I know, if to folk I shall sing and say of the Gods: Æsir and alfs know I altogether-- of unlearned few have that lore. |
I know a fourteenth, as men will find when I tell them tales of the gods: I know all about the elves and the Æsir -- few fools can say as much. |
161. For the fourteenth I know, if in the society of men I have to enumerate the gods, Æsir and Alfar, I know the distinctions of all. This few unskilled can do. |
Our lore and history is an important thing to know. We have all seen the “bro-satru” out there, who insist they are going to Valhalla because they've watched the Marvel movies.. |
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Stanza 159
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